19890420009379A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 95-A55 · Arlington, WA · April 20, 1989

Date
April 20, 1989 · 18:10 local
Place
Arlington, WA
Airport
Arlington Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6866Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA89LA072
Reported as
Beech 95A55
Reported engine
Continental IO470L
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,500 total100 in this make and model84 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On a touch and go maintenance test flight, passenger inadvertently raised the gear. Gear up slide. Aircraft burned.

As the FAA filed it

ON A TOUCH AND GO MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT, PASSENGER INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE GEAR. GEAR UP SLIDE. AIRCRAFT BURNED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.